According to the recent reports, Chennai and Hyderabad will be the hosting the playoffs of the ongoing season of IPL. Which is expected to be concluded on May 12. While the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is yet to come up with an official announcement. One of the reports in Mumbai Mirror claims that tentatively the two southern cities will be play hosts to this year’s IPL knockouts.
The report in the Mumbai Mirror said, while the first qualifier will be played at M Chidambaram Stadium (Chennai). The Eliminator and second qualifier will be played at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium (Hyderabad).
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The BCCI has released the schedule of the IPL 2019 in multiple phases owing to the Lok Sabha elections in India. So far, the board has only released the schedule of the league matches which end on May 5 and is yet to make an official announcement regarding the scheduled for the playoffs.
Chennai will host the final, as has been the case over the year with the honor going to the defending champions. The report further added that the tentative dates would be May 7 (Qualifier 1), May 9 (Eliminator) and Qualifier 2 (May 10).
IPL, which generally commences in the month of April, began on March 23 because of the elections. There were also speculations of the tournament being conducted in parts outside India or in entirety as was the case in 2009 (in South Africa) and 2014 (jointly UAE and India).
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On Friday, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will be locking horns with each other at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore for the 17th match of IPL 2019 as RCB will be having home advantage and will be searching for their maiden win.
